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SubjectRe: [PATCH 28/28] perf tools: Add udis86 disassembler feature check

* Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 10:25:02AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > * Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 03:50:24PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > > Em Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 02:09:42PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > > > > Adding udis86 disassembler feature check which support
> > > > > is needed for kvm:kvm_emulate_insn tracepoint.
> > > > >
> > > > > +$(call feature_check,udis86)
> > > > > +ifeq ($(feature-udis86), 1)
> > > > > + LIBTRACEEVENT_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_UDIS86
> > > > > + EXTLIBS += -ludis86
> > > > > +else
> > > > > + msg := $(warning No udis86 support.);
> > > > > +endif
> > > >
> > > > That is really an incomplete message, what package should I install?
> > > > Perhaps we should add this there then:
> > > >
> > > > http://bit.ly/1hyrN52
> > >
> > > nice :-)
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Wow, that was easy, but yeah, could be made easier 8-) ;-P
> > >
> > > so something like:
> > > No udis86 found. Please install udis86-devel.
> > >
> > > or:
> > > No udis86 found, disabling kvm tracepoints instruction disassembly. Please install udis86-devel.
> >
> > 1)
> >
> > So, the first problem I can see is in the output:
> >
> > Auto-detecting system features:
> > ... backtrace: [ on ]
> > ... dwarf: [ on ]
> > ... fortify-source: [ on ]
> > ... glibc: [ on ]
> > ... gtk2: [ on ]
> > ... gtk2-infobar: [ on ]
> > ... libaudit: [ on ]
> > ... libbfd: [ on ]
> > ... libelf: [ on ]
> > ... libelf-getphdrnum: [ on ]
> > ... libelf-mmap: [ on ]
> > ... libnuma: [ on ]
> > ... libperl: [ on ]
> > ... libpython: [ on ]
> > ... libpython-version: [ on ]
> > ... libslang: [ on ]
> > ... libunwind: [ on ]
> > ... on-exit: [ on ]
> > ... stackprotector-all: [ on ]
> > ... timerfd: [ on ]
> >
> > config/Makefile:421: No udis86 support.
> >
> > such a 'no XYZ support' message should only occur if a feature test
> > failed. _If_ we decide that 'udis86' support is required for a full
> > perf build then there should be a new line saying something like:
> >
> > ... udis86: [ OFF ]
>
> hum, just sent v4 that added udis86 into above list ;-)
>
> So.. do we consider 'full perf build' to be build with all
> possible libraries linked in?

So my worry is, how widely is libudis86 available in distros? What is
the package name on Debian/Ubuntu for example?

Thanks,

Ingo


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